Social Science Databases
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- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Full Text Thomson Gale
- Articles, reports, statistics, and primary documents on social issues.
- Academic OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature.
- Academic Search Elite Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 3,400 journals including full text for over 2,000. Some publications back to 1985. Multi-disciplinary including the social sciences, humanities, sciences, education, and more.
- Expanded Academic ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 3,880 publications on a wide range of topics including full text for over 3,500, some from 1980.
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 9,200 titles including full text for over 5,156. Some titles back to 1980. Multidisciplinary and updated daily.
- JSTOR Full Text JSTOR
- For older articles. Contains back runs of core scholarly journals, some as far back as 1890. Does not include more recent issues.
- MasterFILE Premier Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 2,660 titles including full text for over 1,830. Multidisciplinary.
- Directory of Open Access Journals Full Text Lund University Libraries
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- InfoTrac Diversity Studies Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
- A collection exploring cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.
- InfoTrac GLBT Life and Issues Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
- This collection of nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
- InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection Full Text Thomson Gale
- One hundred full text periodicals relating to popular culture.
Additional Resources
- Encyclopedia Britannica Full Text Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia, world atlas, timelines, world data and statistics, year in review, recent headlines, and notable quotes.
- Dictionary of Sociology Full Text Oxford University Press
- International range of terms, methods, and concepts in the field of Sociology
- Dictionary of the Social Sciences Full Text Oxford University Press
- Concise definitions covering the fields of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism.
- Dissertation abstracts Index only OCLC - FirstSearch
- Indexes over two million doctoral dissertations and master's theses as far back 1861.
- CountryWatch Full Text CountryWatch
- Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
- SAGE Premium Publications Online Full Text Sage
- Search full text journals in the fields of business, humanities, social science, science, and technology.
- Dissertations and Theses - Full text Full Text ProQuest
- Includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
- Highwire Press Full Text Highwire Press
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.